McCarthy to get his shot in New York
JJ is going to get his shot, very glad for him.....👍🤘
The Giants are planning to soon move forward with JJ McCarthy as their QB1, per @RapSheet.
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) October 19, 2026
New York might give McCarthy one more week to prepare behind Jameis Winston before becoming the full-time starter by Halloween. pic.twitter.com/8vUYObAfyM
Knucklehead wrote:
He's only a rental in NY for the rest of this season. His 5th year option is due in May & it's $26M. If the NYG pick it up it's guaranteed even if he's waived at the cut down. No way are the NYG doing that. That would mean that they're giving up on Dart.
It might include next year too. No, they're not going to pay his 5th year option, but it doesn't mean they can't just let him play out his rookie deal, which includes all of 2027. He'll then be a free agent in 2028 and we'll see what happens.
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If the offense is a little more suited to him and if he finally just frees his mind for YOLO ball, he can sling it. Might be fun, but I do think the odds are against that. Anyway, I think he's going to start this Sunday. 🤘
MaroonBells wrote:
It might include next year too. No, they're not going to pay his 5th year option, but it doesn't mean they can't just let him play out his rookie deal, which includes all of 2027. He'll then be a free agent in 2028 and we'll see what happens.
And they have the option of doing what the Packers did with Love and extend him for one year before they need to decide on his fifth year option. It was for more than the 5th year option, but less was guaranteed and it included incentives. Giants could do the same thing with JJ McCarthy and potentially get him for less of a cap hit and avoid it all being guaranteed. Gives them another year to evaluate him and see if Dart can stay healthy. He will be on his rookie deal yet so they won't have that much committed to their QB room between Dart and JJM.
StickierBuns wrote:
If the offense is a little more suited to him and if he finally just frees his mind for YOLO ball, he can sling it. Might be fun, but I do think the odds are against that. Anyway, I think he's going to start this Sunday. 🤘
To be honest, I don’t think there’s a huge gap between Dart and JJM. I think most of the issues he’s had have just been KOC and him trying to swallow the elephant whole rather than taking his development one bite at a time. I think if the Giants give him the same system as Dart, they’ll probably get pretty similar results. Obviously, just a gut take on that and we’ll see how it all plays out.
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